
COUNCIL REGULATION (EU) No 44/2012 of 17 January 2012 fixing for 2012 the fishing opportunities available in EU waters and, to EU vessels, in certain non-EU waters for certain fish stocks and groups of fish stocks which are subject to international negotiations or agreements (revoked) 

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TITLE I
SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Subject matter
Article 1 
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Scope
Article 2 
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Definitions
Article 3 
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Fishing zones
Article 4 
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TITLE II
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR EU VESSELS
CHAPTER I
General provisions
TACs and allocations
Article 5 
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Additional allocation for vessels participating in trials on fully documented fisheries
Article 6 
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Flexibility in the management of certain stocks
Article 7 
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Conditions for landing catches and by-catches
Article 8 
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Fishing effort limits
Article 9 
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Catch and effort limits for deep-sea fisheries
Article 10 
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Special provisions on allocations of fishing opportunities
Article 11 
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Closed fishing season
Article 12 
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Prohibitions
Article 13 
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Data transmission
Article 14 
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CHAPTER II
Fishing authorisations in third-country waters
Fishing authorisations
Article 15 
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CHAPTER III
Fishing opportunities in waters of regional fisheries management organisations
Section 1
ICCAT Convention Area
Fishing, farming and fattening capacity limitations for bluefin tuna
Article 16 
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Additional conditions to the bluefin tuna quota allocated in Annex ID
Article 17 
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Recreational and sport fisheries
Article 18 
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Sharks
Article 19 
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Section 2
CCAMLR Convention Area
Prohibitions and catch limitations
Article 20 
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Exploratory fisheries
Article 21 
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Krill fishery during the 2012/2013 fishing season
Article 22 
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Section 3
IOTC Convention Area
Limitation of fishing capacity of vessels fishing in the IOTC Convention Area
Article 23 
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Sharks
Article 24 
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Section 4
SPRFMO Convention Area
Pelagic fisheries — capacity limitation
Article 25 
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Pelagic fisheries — TACs
Article 26 
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Bottom fisheries
Article 27 
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Section 5
IATTC Convention Area
Purse-seine fisheries
Article 28 
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Section 6
SEAFO Convention Area
Prohibition of fishing for deep water sharks
Article 29 
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Section 7
WCPFC Convention Area
Fishing effort limitations for bigeye tuna, yellowfin tuna, skipjack tuna and south Pacific albacore
Article 30 
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Closed area for FAD fishing
Article 31 
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                        Closed areas for purse-seine fisheries
                     
Article 32 
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Limitations to the number of EU vessels authorised to fish swordfish
Article 33 
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Section 8
Bering Sea
Prohibition on fishing in the high seas of the Bering Sea
Article 34 
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TITLE III
FISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIRD-COUNTRY VESSELS IN EU WATERS
TACs
Article 35 
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Fishing authorisations
Article 36 
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Prohibitions
Article 37 
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TITLE IV
FINAL PROVISIONS
Committee procedure
Article 38 
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Entry into force and application
Article 39 
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